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'BOSTON'S 

STORY IN 
i INSCRIPTIONS 

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B O S T O N'S 

STORY IN 
INSCRIPTIONS 



BEING 
RE P RO DUC TI ON S 
OF THE MARKINGS 
THAT ARE OR HAVE 
BEEN ON HISTORIC 
SITES 



PRINTED FOR THE 

STATE STREET 
TRUST COMPANY 

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



COPYRIGHT ED ^ ^ 

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AND PRINTING COMPANY 
BOSTON MASS 



NTRODUCTION 

This little book will point out, as you go up and 
down Boston streets, the points of historic inter- 
est. It will show you here and there the scene of 
some national episode; some event of local in- 
terest; the place, perchance, where one of the 
history-makers was born, lived, or worked. It 
will present in a scattered way much of Boston's 
interesting story, much that is known only to 
the student of history, much that may be an 
inspiration in raising Boston to a higher civic 
level. 

It does not aim to be a complete record of all 
the historic sites, but of those only which are, or 
have been at some time, marked by inscriptions; 
and it allows the inscriptions to tell their own 
story. It presents a panoramic sketch of Boston. 
The arrangement, for the sake of convenience, 
follows the lines of the different streets, so that 
one, in going through State, Washington, Han- 
over, or Tremont Street, may readily locate the 
points of interest. Perhaps this brochure may 
lead to the permanent markings of all Boston's 
historic sites. It is presented to you with the 
compliments of the State Street Trust Company. 



FANEUIL HALL SQUARE 


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FANEUIL HALL 


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BUILT 1742 


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GIVEN TO THE TOWN OF BOSTON 


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BY PETER FANEUIL 


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OF HUGUENOT PARENTAGE 


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THE FIRST STORY WAS USED AS A MARKET 





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THE UPPER STORY AS A TOWN HALL 





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BURNED 1761 


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REBUILT AND SOMEWHAT ENLARGED 1763 


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HERE WERE HELD 


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BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER 


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THE REVOLUTION 






MANY PATRIOTIC MEETINGS 


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SITE or THE FIRST TOWN HOUSE 
CRCCTCO I6se BURMED I7II 

THIS BUlLDlNti ERECTED 1713 

"HIRETIIE child INDCPENDEHCE WAS BORN' ViP«v>(/p-i. 
WASHINGTON HERE RECEIVED THE TRIBUTE 
or AN ENFRANCHISIiO PEOPUS 1789 

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THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT 

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THE DECLABATION OF INDEPENDENCE 

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ON THIS SITE 
STOOD THE HOUSE OF 

CAPT. ROBERT KEAYNE 

HE WAS THE 

rOUNDER AND FIRST COMMANDER 

OF THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE 

ARTILLERY COMPANY 1638 



FIRST STORE IN BOSTON 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE OF 
JOHN COGCAN, WHO HEI^ OPENED 
THE FIRST SHOP FOR THE SALE OF 
MERCHANDISE IN BOSTON 



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NEAR THIS SITE STOOD THE HOME OF 

REV. JOHN WILSON 

PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH 

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NUMBER 27 

ANOTHER MARKING OF FIRST 

MEETING-HOUSE 



STATE STREET 



ROYAL CUSTOM HOUSE 

THE SITE OF THE ROYAX. CUSTOM HOUSE 
IN 1770. 



NUMBER 38 

Now office of the State Street Trust Company. In 
front of this site occurred the Boston M ass acre ^ the 
exact spot of which is marked by paving-stones, thus: 




On the next page ts shown the marking on the build- 
ing opposite the scene of the massacre. 



ON THIS SITE WAS THE SHOP OF ANTHONY STODDARD 

LINEN DRAPER IN tC*^ 
OCCUPIED BV HENRV SHRIMPTON, BRAZIER, IN 1646. 
HERE IN PROVINCIAL DAVS STOOD THE ROYAL EXCHANGE 
XAVERN, A POPULAR RESORT UNTIL AFTER IdOO 

FROM HERE THE FIRST STAGE COACH FROM 
BOSTON TO NEW YORK WAS STARTED BY NICHOLAS 

BROWN SEPT. y, iyy2 "to co once every 

FOURTEEN DAYS." 



NUMBER 28 



STATE STREET 



OLD COFFEE HOUSE If 

SITE OF THE BRITISH COFFEE HOUSE 
KEPT BY MR. BALLARD IN (762. HERE 
JAMES OTIS WAS ASSAULTED BY 
JOHN ROBINSON.ONE OF THE CUSTOMS 
COMMISSIONERS IN 1769. IT WAS 
AFTERWARDS KNOWN AS THE 
AMERICAN COFFEE HOUSE. 



NUMBER 66 




OPPOSITE THIS SPOT 

1^5 SED THE FIRST BLOOD 

OFIHE 

AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

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WEST CORNER EXCHANGE STREET 



GOVERNOR 5ENNETT HOUSE 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE OF ELDER 
THOMAS SENNETT.ALSO THE HOME OF HIS 
SON. GOVERNOR JTOHN SENNETT . 



CORNER CONGRESS STREET 



COURT STREET 



FRANKLIN PRINTING OFFICE. THE LONG ROOM CLUB 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE PRDITINO OFHCE OF JAMES FRANKLIN, PUBLISHER 
OF THE NEW ENGLA.NO COURANT, WHERE HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN SERVED 
AS APPRENTICE . HERE FROM I76S TO 1776 EDES AND GILL PUBLISHED 
IHE BOSTON GAZETTE. IN A ROOM OVER THE PRINTING OFFICE THE 
LONG ROOM CLUB HELD THEIR MEETINGS. ITS MEMBERS WERE MOST ACTIVE 
PATRIOTS. HERE THE LEADERS PLANNED RESISTANCE TO BRITISH AUTHORITY, 
EHOM THE TIME OF THE STAMP ACT UNTa THE OUTBREAK. OF THE REVOLUTION . 



EAST CORNER FRANKLIN AVENUE 



ON THIS SPOT RESIDED 
JOHN tXVEEETT GOVERNOR OF 
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY 1^72-1673 
HERE ALSO STOOD THE BVILDING 
OCCUEIED -AS A POST OFFICE FROM 
1771 TO 1788 . 



SOUTHWEST CORNER WASHINGTON 
AND COURT 



1635. THE OLD COURT HOUSE 1836. 

COURT STREET - QUEEN STREET - PRISON LANE 

THIS BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN t&30, 
ON THE SITE OF THE OLD PRISON OF 1635- 
IN THE OLD PRISON CAPTAIN KIDD WAS CONFINED. 
THE COURT HOUSE STANDING HERE DURING THE 
REVOLUTION WAS THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT , 
OF BRICK. AND WITH A CUPOLA AND BELL. 
IN THE PRESENT BUILDING ANTHONY BURNS THE 
FUGITIVE SLAVE WAS A PRISONER IN MAY 1SS4. 



COURT STREET AND COURT SQUARE 



S C L L A Y SQUARE 



SUBWAY 
ENTRANCE 



ON THIS SITE THE FIRST 

DISTRICT WRITING SCHOOL 

WAS ERECTED IN 

1684 

ENLARGED IN 
1715 AND 1753 

CLOSED IN 
1790 



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GOV.BOWDOIN HOUSE 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE 
MANSION HOUSE OF JAMES BOWDOIM, 
GOVBRNOR OF KLASSACHUSETTS, 
17S5 — ly&7 . 



BEACON STREET, SITE 
HOTEL BELLE FUE 



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PEMBERTON 
SQUARE 
FANE- 
COTTON 
HOUSE 



YAJME- COTTON HOUSE 

IN THE HIGHWAY OPPOSITE AND ON 
Tins SITE STOOD THE DOUBLE MANSION 
HOUSE OF HENRY VAJiE, COVEENOR OF 
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COI-ONY. 1636; 
AND OF THE REV. JOHN COTTON 
MINISTER OF THE FIRST CHURCH 




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PAUL REVERES SHOP 

ON THIS SITE IN i7&& STOOD 
THE SHOP OF PA.UL REVERE. 
GOLDSMITH. 



NUMBER 
173 



NUMBER 

209 



ON THIS SITE STOOD THE SECOND 
MEETING HOUSE OF THE FIRST GHURCH 
BUILT OF 'WOOD; DEDICATED I640 
BURNED I7ll: REBUILT 1712, OF BRICK 
CALLED THE tjLD BRICK',' REMOVED 1807. 



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ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE OF 
OOV. JOHNWINTHROP ERECTED IN IS44 IN 
WHICH HE DIED IN 164©. 

IT BECAME THE PROPERTY OF REY JOHN 
NORTON MINISTER OF THE RRST CHURCH. HIS 
WIDOW GAVE IT TO THE THIRD OR OLD SOUTH 
CHURCH THE HOUSE WAS USED AS A PARSONAGE 
FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS PULCED DOWN FOR 
FIREWOOD BY THE BRITISH TROOPS IN 1776. 



OLD SOUTH BUILDING 




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A.D.I 71 2 

OLD CORNER 

BOOKSTORE 

BUILDING 




NORTH 
CORNER 
SCHOOL 
STREET 



IFASH INGTON STREET 



NUMBER 

239 



FIRST TAVERN IN BOSTON 

SITE OF SAJ^UEL COLE'S INN. THE FIRST 
TAVERN IN BOSTON, 1634. LATER KEPT BY 
OAMES PENN , AFTERWARD BY W|LLIAM 
PHILLIPS, AND KNOWN AS THE "SH IP TAVERN" 
IT WAS OWNED BY MAJOR. THOMAS SAVAOE. 
THE GREAT FIRE OF 1711 STARTED IN THE REAR 
OF THE TAVERN. 



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PROVINCE HOUSE, 1679. 

IN THE REAR STOOD THE PROVINCE HOUSE. 
THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE ROYAL 
GOVERNORS OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSA- 
CHUSETTS BAY FROM 1716 TO 1776. 
AFTER THE REVOLUTION IT WAS KNOWN AS 
THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AND OCCUPIED BY 
STATE OFFICERS UNTIL t796. A PORTION OF 
THE ORIGINAL WALLS STILL REMAINS. 



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NUMBER 327 



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HOUGffS CORNER 

ALSO IT IS ORDERED THAT TBE 
STREET FROM MRATflEFTON HOUGH^ 
TO TIE GENTRY HILL TO BE UtfD 
OUT AND SOE KEPT OPENfOREVER. 

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SONSOF LIBERTY 1766 

I NOEPEN 0£N CE Of Ihtir COUNTRY 

1776. 



l^^EAR ESSEX STREET 
OPPOSITE BOTLSTON 



SITE OF THE FAMOUS OLD LIBERTY TREE, planted in 
_^^ 164-6 AND CUT DOWN BY THE BRITISH tN 1775 

f O) ONE SOLDIER KILLED BY ITS FALL. UNDER ITS BRANCHES THE 

V3 --> STAMP ACT MEETINGS WERE HELD BY PAUL REVERE, HANCOCK, 

ADAMS. OTIS AND OTHERS, WHICH LEO TO THE REVOLUTION. FROM THIS 
GREAT ELM A TORY UEUT. COVERHOR »i,o OTHE RS W ERE HUNG IH EFFIOY. 

ANOTHER MARKING 



T R E M N T STREET 



RINGS CHAPEL 

FOUNDED I6d6 
ITS FIRST BUILDING WAS THE 
FIRST CHURCH OF ENGLAND 
IN BOSTON.THE CORNER STONE 
OF THE PRESENT BUILDING 
WAS LAID A.UG.11, 17AG>. 
AFTER THE REVOLUTION IT 
BECAME THE FIRST UNITARIAN 
CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES 



NORTH CORNER SCHOOL STREET 



WENDELL POWELL HOUSE 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE WENDELL POWEU 
HOUSE, OCCUPIED AS A ROYAL CUSTOM HOUSE 
IN i759. WASHINGTON LODGED HERE ON BIS 
VISIT IN 1739. 



SOUTH CORNER OF COURT STREET 



E^NEUIL HOME 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE MANSION 
HOUSE OF ANDREW AND PETER FANEUIL, 
WHERE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PHILLIPS 
AFTERWARD RESIDED. 



NUMBER 39 



T R E M N T STREET 



HOTEL 
rOURAINE 



ON THIS SITE STOOD 
THE RESIDENCE OF JOHN QUINCY 
ADAMS. SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, HERE HIS SON 
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS WAS 
BORN IN 1607. 
STATESMAN 
MINISTER TO ENGLAND, 1861-1866. 



ON THIS SITE 
WAS THE HOUSE OF 

DANIEL MAUDE 

WHO KEPT HERE THE 

HRST FREE SCHOOL 

IN 1636 

HERE LJVED 

FROM 1642 TO 1645 

HEZERIAH USHER 

THE 

FIRST BOOK SELLER 

IN 

NEW^ ENGLAND 



MAIN 
ENTRANCE 
PARKER 
HOUSE 



ON THIS SITE STOOD 
THE MANSION HOUSE OF 
JACOB WENDELL. COL. OF 
THE BOSTON REGIMENT 
IN 1745. AFTERWARDS IT 
WAS THE RESIDENCE OF 
LIEUT. GOV. MOSES GILL. 






PEMBERTON SQUARE 



NUMBERS I 
17 AND 19 i 
TREMONT 1 
ROW -I 



JOHN ENDICOTT HOUSE 

NEAR THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE EN 
WHICH JOHN ENDICOTT. GOVERNOR OF 
MASSACHUSETTS BAST COLONY. DIED 
IN 1665. CAPTAIN CYPRIAN SOUTHACK. 
AFTERWARD LIVED THERE. 



SCHOOL STREET 


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ON THIS SITE STOOD THE 


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CHURCH OF THE FRENCH HUGUENOTS, 


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1716-1741; USED AS A CONGREGATIONAL 


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CHURCH 1748-17S5; OCCUPIED BY 


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ROMAN CATHOLICS 17SS-1S03. 


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FIRST MASS CELEBRATED NOVEMBER 2,1768. 


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NUMBER 


20 




On this spot stood the 




FIRST HOUSE 




ERECTED FOR THE USE OF THE 




BOSTON PUBLIC UTIN SCHOOL 




This School has been constantly 




Maintained since it was established 




by the following Vote of the Town 


cirr HALL 


Ot aijeneral Uleet'm^ uponPublkHoiice 


SITE 


it vyas agreed upon that our Brother 




PHILEMON PORMORT 




shall be entreated to become 




School master for the teaching 




and nurturing of Children with us. 




APRIL I5.I635. 




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SITE OF CROMWELLS HEAD TAVERN 1705 1800 


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COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON SOJOURNED TWO WEEKS 


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NUMBER % 


AT CROMWELL'S HEAD IN 1756 

PAUL JONES IN 1782 AND LAfAYETTE WERE VISITORS 


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AT THE HEAD TAVERN. 




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A FAC-SIMILE OF A BR-L FOR A WEEK'S BOARD MADE 


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OUT TO GEN RUFUS PUTNAM IN 1785 BY JOSHUA 


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BRACKETT. LANDLORD, IS ON EXHIBITION IN 


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THIS RESTAURANT. 


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SCHOOL STREET 



THIS NLA.RKS THE SITES OF 

THE LATIN 5CHOOL5 

OF iT-^a - IStO -1812 - le'4'4. 



WEST CORNER 
CHAPMAN PLACE 



CITY HALL 
SITE 



HERE STOOD THE HOUSE 

OCCUPIED IN 1774-1775 BY 

GENERAL FREDERICK HALDIMAND 

TO WHOM THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL BOYS 

MADE PROTEST AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION 

OF THEIR COAST 

HE ORDERED THE COAST RESTORED AND REPORTED 

THE AFFAIR TO CENERALCAGE WHO OBSERVED THAT 

IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT THE NOTION OF LIBERTY 

OUT OF THE PEOPLE AS IT WAS ROOTED IN THEM 

FROM THEIR CHILDHOOD 



THIS TABLET ERECTED Br BOSTON CHAPTER 

SONS OF THE AMERICAN' REVOLUTION. 

1907 



ON THIS SITE 
STOOD THE HOUSE IN WHICH NATHANIEL 
DAVID THOMAS AJ4D JOS I AH BRADLEB 
>VITH JOHN FULTON ASSISTED BV 
SARAJ1 BRADLEE FULTON 
DISGUISED THEMSELVES AS MOHAWK INSLAN8 
AND TOOK PAST IN THROWING THE TEA 
INTO BOSTON HARBOR DECEMBER 16. 17Z3. 

" HURRAH FOR GRIFFINS WHARF 
THE MOHAWKS ARE COMING " 

PLACED BY "the BOSTON TEA PARTt'cHAPTER 
DAUCHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
MARCH 17. 1901. 



SOUTH CORNER HOLLIS 
AND TREMONT STREETS 



HANOVER STREET 



SITE OF I 

AMERICAN - 

HOUSE 



ON THIS SITE LIVED 

GENERAL JOSEPH WUtREM 

PHYSICIAN, ORATOR AND PATRIOT 

WHO FELL AT BUNKER HaL 

JUNE 17- i775. 

PLACED BY THE MASS. SOCIETY 
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 
IS£>S. 




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"NEW BRICK CHURCH , 
THE COCKEREL CHURCH 
\12A — 1844 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE MEETING 
HOUSE ERECTED IN 1721 . THE SOCIETY 

UNITE,D WITH THAT OF THE SECOND CHURCH 
IN irrS TAKINQ ITS NAME . THE NEW 

BUILDING ERECTED IN 1845 AVAS SOLD 
TO THE METHODISTS IN 184* . 



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^ RICH- 
-- MOND 
STREET 



ON THIS SITE 3TOOD THE 
HOME OF REV. JOHN MAYO, 
HOnSTER OF THE SECOND CBDRCH 
FROM 1653 TO 1672, AND OF 
REV.COTTON MATHER.MINISTER 
FROM 1665 TO 172a. 



CORNER 

NORTH 

BENNET 



NUMBER 298 



REV. INCREASE M"ArHER,MmiSTEROF 
TOE SECOND CHURCH 1669-1773 REMOVED 
TO A HOUSE ON THIS SITE AHER. THE 
GREAT FIRE OF 1676. IT WAS LATER. 
THE HOME OF ANDREW AND JOHN ELIOT, 
FATHER AND SON MINISTERS OF THE 
NEW NORTH CHURCH. 1742-1813. 



HANOVER STREET 



ON THIS SITE 

THE NEW 

NORTH MEETIKG HOUSE 

-WAS ERECTtD 

1714 



CORNER CLARK 



ON THIS SITE STOOD 
THE MANSION HOUSE OF 
WnXIAM CLARK. IN WHICH 
SIR.CHARLES HENRY FRANIUAND 
COLLECTOR OF BOSTON 
LIVEJ> IN 17-41. 



PRINCE AND GARDEN STREETS 



IN 1713 THE FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE WAS BUILT 
ON THIS LOT BV CAPT. THOMAS HUTCHINSON 
KNOWN AS THE NOKTH LATIN AND NORTH 
GRAMMAR SCHOOL; RECOMPENSE WAOSWORTH 
WAS THE MASTER. 

IN I7la A WRITING SCHOOL WAS BDILT 
ADJOINING THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 
A PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS BEEN MAINTAINED 
ON THIS SITE SINCE THAT DATE . HENRY TILESTON 
MASTER . JOHN TILESTON TAUGHT FOR 
MANY YEARS. 



SITE ELIOT SCHOOL 
NORTH BENNET STREET 



FORT HILL SQUARE 



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FORT HILL SQUARE 

ON THIS SITE STOOD FORT HILL, 

AN EMINENCE 80 FEET IN HEIGHT; 

ALSO CALLED CORN HILL 

FIRST FORT ERECTED IN 1632. 

GOvTaNDROS sought SHELTER HERE 
WHEN THE PEOPLE REVOLTED IN 1689 

FORTIFICATIONS WERE MAINTAINED HERE 
UNnL AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION. 

LEVELLED 1866 -1872. 



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TheOIdfirattie5t.Chiiidi 




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Tom down ml874 tomakeu^ 
for dieftrourtb of this store 



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SQUARE 



HERE LIVED 

PAUL REVERE 

1770- ISOO 

ERECTED BY 

PAUL REVERE CHAPTER 

QAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOUmOH 

1S95. 



NUMBERS 
19 AND 21 



UNION STREET 




GREEN 
DRAGON 
TAVERN 
WHERE SAINT 
ANDREW'S 
LODGE OF 
FREE MASONS 
MEET 



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SHEAFE 
STREET 



O BIRTHPLACE OF C 

Rev. S.F.Smith D.D. 

AUTHOR OF AMERICA 

1808-1885 

erected by the 
Old South Chapter 

DAUGHTERS or THE 

American RtvoiuTioN 
O 1887 c 



NUMBER 
37 



J ' _J. 1 1 ! ^1 



PRINCE 
STREET 



STODDARD HOUSE 

USED BY THE BRITISH 
SOLDIERS AS A HOSPITAL, 
AFTER THE BATTLE OF 
BUNKER mLL. MAJOR 
JOHN PITCAIRN DIED HERE. 



NUMBER 

130 



74 
FEDERAL 

STREET 



ON THIS SITE. 
nv THE OLD PRESBYTERIAN 
HEKTINC HOUSE ERECTJED IN 
I74.4- THE STATE CONVENTION OP 
MASSACHUSETTS MET AND VOTED 
t6 ADOPT THE CONSTITUTION 
OF THE UNITED STATES IN 
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY <788. 



COMMERCIAL STREET 



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Constitution 

Old Ironsides 



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NORTH BATTERY 
BATTERY WHARF 

ON THIS SITE AT merry's 
POINT THE NORTH BATTERY WAS 
ERECTED IN 1646 AND WORKS WERE 
MAINTAINED HERE UNTIL AFTER THE 
CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION 



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SALUTATION TAVERN 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE SALUTATION TAVERN 

-ALSO CALLED THE 'tWO PALAVERERS" 
HERE MET THE REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCLATION 

COMPOSED LARGELY OF RESIDENTS OF 
THIS^PART OF THE TOWN WHICH FORMED 
THE NORTH END CAUCUS*' ITS MEMBERS 
WERE ACTIVE PATRIOTS IN THE PEOPLES CAUSE. 



BATTERY 
CORNER SALUTATION STREET 



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MILK STREET 



WEST 

CORNER -^ 

FEDERAL - -^j 

STREET -^ 



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ON THIS SPOT STOOD THE MANSION OF 

ROBERT TREAT PAINE 

ONE OF THE SIGNBBS OF THE, 
DECLARATION OF TND£PENDEJ<CE 
IN WHICH HE DIED 
MAYll. 1814 







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SPRING 
LANE 




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SPRING GATE- SPRING LANE 

IN THE LANE OPPOSITE 

WAS THE GREAT SPRING 

WHICH FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES 
GAVE WATER TO THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON 



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DEFONS HIRE STREET 



i^ THIS TABLET PLACED HERE l2Si 

BY THE 

BOSTONIAN SOCIETY 

COMMEHORATES THE GREAT FIRE OF 

N0VEMBER.9-IO-I872. 

WHICH BEGINHIHG AT THE SOUTH'EASTERi:ir CORNER 

OF 

SUMMER AND KINGSTON STREETS 

EXTENDED OVER AN AREA OF SIXTY ACRES 

DESTROYED WITHIN THE BUSINESS CENTRE 

OF THE CITY PROPERTY TO THE VALUE OF 

nORE THAN SIXTY HILLION DOLLARS 

ANDWAS ARRESTED IN ITS NORTH-EASTERLY PROGRESS 

AT THIS POINT. THE MUTILATED STONES OF THIS 

BUILDING ALSO RECORD THAT EVENT Mv 






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CORNER MILK, POST-OFFICE SITE 



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SITE OF THE FIRST 

ROMAN CATHOUC CATHEDRAL 

IN NEW ENGLAND 

ERECTED IN 

I803 



THIS TABLET ERECTED BY 
THE CATHOLIC UNION OF BOSTON 

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NUMBER 214 



GARDEN COURT STREET 



NORTH 
SQUARE 
AND MOON 
STREET 



SECOND CHURCH 

on this site stood the meeting 
hou5e of the second or "old north 
church: built igso; burnt 1676; 
rebuilt 1677; destroyed for fire- 
wood by british soldiers in i77(3, 
during the siege. 



BOSTON NECK 

HERE IN 1640 STOOD THE GATEWAY TO THE TOWN 
DEFENDED BY FORTIFICATIONS ACROSS THE HIGHWAy 
EEESUILT OF STONE AND BRICK IN 1710. STRENGTHENED BY ORDER OF 
GENERAL GAGE SEPT. 1774. REMOVED AFTER THE REVOLUTION.^ 



WASHINGTON, NEAR DOVER STREET 



NEAR 
PRINCE 
STREET 



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ON THIS SHE STOOD THt MANSICSS 
HOUSE OF THOMAS HUTCHINSON 
SENIOR, ERECTED IN 1710.1TWASTHE 
RESIDENCE OF HIS SON THOMAS 
H0TCHIN80N, UEUT.COVERNOH OF THE 
PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY 
SACKED BVAMOBONTHENICHTOF 
AUGUST Z4'> ir63 AT THE TIME OF THE 
STAMP ACT niOTS REMOVED IN 1834 



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IF I N r E R STREET 



ON THIS SITE ONCE STOOD THE 

Home of Samuel Adams 

WHO BOUGHT IT (N MAY I76-4- 

AND DIED IN IT OCTOBER 2. 1802. 

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE 

Father Of The Revolution 

THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY THE 
MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF 
^^ SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

«^^ 1893 



CORNER 
WINTER 
PLACE 




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THIS TTUCTOFLAND 

COWMNMG NEMOy nPTY ACBES 

WVS BOUGHT IN 1634 

BV GOVERNOR MNTHROP AW) OTHERS 

raOM WILUAM BIACKSTONE 

A»a) WAS SET ff%BX FOn COMMON l/SE 

AS A COW FASrO^E AND IRAHDiG JIELD 

BUCKSTONE HUO HIS TniE TOTIU; lAMD 

Of A KGHT OF POSSESSION GAINID PRIOR TO 

THE SETOLMENT OF BOSTON 

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SOUTH WRITING SCHOOL 

REAR THIS SITE STOOD THE SOUTH WRITING 
SCHOOL BUILT IN 1717. IN 1775 TWO BRASS 
CANNON OF CAPTAIN ADINO PADDOCkJs 
COMPANY" OF AJITILLERY WERE TAKEN 
FROM THE GUN HOUSE CLOSE BY AND 
SECRETED HERE, AND AFTER'WARD CARRIED 
TO THE AMERICAN LINES. THEY ARE NOW 
IN BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. 



WEST CORNER MASON STREET 



SALEM STREET 



ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE OF 
SIR. WILLIAM PHIPS, THE FIRST ROYAL 
GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF 
MASSACHUSETTS BAY. IN 1692,UNDER 
THE SECOND CHARTER. HIS NEPHEW 
LIEUT. GOVERNOR SPENCER PHIPS 
BESIDED HERE i749 . 



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CORNER 
CHARTER 
STREET 



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ON THIS SHE 

STOOI> THE HOUSE OF 

B0B£B:£ NEWlViAN , SEXTON 

OFCBRISICUVKCH IN 1775. 



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THE SIGNAL LA^JTERNS OF 

PAUL REVERE 

DISPLAYED INTHE STEEPLE OF THIS CHURCH 

APRIL 18 1775 

WARNEDTHECOUNTRf OFTHE MARCH 

OF THE BRITISH TROOPSTO 

LDGNCTON AND CONCORD 



CHRIST 
CHURCH 
THE NORTH 
CHURCH 



PARK STREET 



PARR STREET CHURCH 

laio. 
stands on the site of the 
granary where the saus of^ 
the u.s. frigate "consntuiiob 
were made. 

in the church 
America" was first sunc. 



CORNER TREMONT STREET 



WEST CHURCH 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE 
MEETING HOUSE ERECTED HERE IN 1737; 
OCCUPIED AS BARRACKS BY BRITISH 
TROOPS DURING THE SIEGE OF BOSTON 
WHO REMOVED THE STEEPLE TO PREVENT 
THE PATRIOTS FROM USING IT TO SIGNAL 
THE PROVINCIAL CAMP IN CA>f BRIDGE. 



LTNDE AND CAMBRIDGE STREETS 



EDWARD EVERETT BIRTHPLACE 

ON THIS SITE STOOD THE MANSION OF BOBERT OLIVER 
ERECTED IN 1745. A.FTERWAJID THE RESIDENCE OF HIS 
SON, THOMAS OLIVER , l.tEUTENA.NT GOVERNOR . HERE 
EDWARD EVERETT WAS BORN APRIL II, 1794. 



EDWARD EVERETT SQUARE 



SUMMER STREET 




THE HOME OFC 

DANIEL WEBSTER^ 




NORTHWEST CORNER HIGH STREET 



HERE 

WENDELL PHILLIPS resided during forty years 

DEVOTED BY HIM TO EFFORTS TO SECURE 
THE ABOLITION OF AFRICAN SLAVERY IN THIS COUHTRY. 

THE CHARMS OF HOME.THE EHJOYMEHT OF WEALTH AMD LEARHIMG 

EVEN THE KINDLY RECOGNITION OF HIS FELLOW CITIZEKS 
WERE BY HIM ACCOUNTED AS NAUGHT COMPARED WITH WTL 

HE UVED TO SEE JUSTICE TRIUMPHANT. FREEDOM UNIVERSAL 

AND TO RECEIVE THE TARDY PRAISES OF KIS FORMER OPPONEinS 

THE BLESSINGS OF THE POOR THE FRIENDLESS 

AND THE OPPRESSED ENRICHED HIM. 

IN BOSTON 
HE WAS BORN 23 NOVEMBER 1811 AND DIED 2 JANUARY I8&4 



ESSEX STREET, CORNER 
HARRISON AVENUE EXTENSION 



SOUTH BOSTON 



H£RE THE INOLAMS O^THERED AND HELD 
GREAT FEASTS. NEAR THIS SPOT BELOW HIGH 
WATER MARK WAS THE GREAT SPRING. 



FOOT K STREET 



LEEK HILL 

SITE OF A THREE-CDN 

BATTERY 

DimiNC THE SIEGE 
OF BOSTON 



LEEK HILL 



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FIRST MEETING HOUSE 

NEAR THIS SPOT THE FIRST MEETING 
HOUSE WAS ERECTED IN ICSl , USED FOR 
TOWN MEETINGS AND THE FIRST SCHOOL. 
THE SECOND MEETING HOUSE 1640-1676 
STOOD ON SITE CLOSE BY. 



DURING THE^VAROF 1812, ENTRENCHMENTS\VERE ^ 
CONSTRUCTED AROUND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF 'OLD HaL" 
ON THE BLUFF NEAR THE WATER SIDE. THE MAGAZINE 
WAS ERECTED NEAR THIS PLACE. HERE THE INDIANS 
DWELT BEFORE THE WHITE MAN CAME. 



DORCHESTER 
WATER END SAFIN HILL AVENUE 



DORCHESTER 



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THIS MAHKS THE LOCATION OV THE 
AMERICAN LINES , EXTENDING FROM 
THE SOUTH BAY TO THE OLD HARBOR 
OCCUPIED BY THE RIGHT WING OF 
WASHINGTON'S ARKfY DURING THE 
SIEGE OF BOSTON, t775- 1776. 



BOSTON 
STREET 



SAFIN 
HILL 



SITE OF TWO BUILDINGS USED AS BARRACKS 
BY WASHINGTON'S SOLDIERS DURING THE 
SIEGE OF BOSTON 1775 - I77C. ONE STUX StANDIHO. 



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SAVIN HILL 



SITE OF FIRST FORT,t654. "iT IS ORDERED 
THAT THERE SHALL BE A FORT MADE UPON 
THE ROCKE ABOVE MK. JOHNSON'S." 



SAVIN 
HILL 



STOUGHTON HOUSE 

HERE WAS THE HOKfE OF ISRAEL STOUGHTON . I630- 1645. 
ALSO OF HIS SON, GOVERNOR WILLIAM STOUGHTON, 163»- 
l70l; AND OF HIS NEPHEW^, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WILLIAM 
1A1LOR 1702 - 1732. 



SAVIN HILL AVENUE 
AND PLEASANT STREET 



HERE ON THE BAKKS OF THE NEPOHSET. 
ISRAEL STOUGHTON BUILT THE FIRST 
CRIST MILL IN NEWENGLANI> IN 1633. 
THE FIRST POWDER MILL \VA5 ERECTED 
IN 1673 ; THE FIRST PAPER MILL IN 1728 
AND THE FIRST CHOCOLATE MILL IN 1765. 



BRIDGE AT 

LOWER 

MILLS 



CHARLESrOWN 



SAMUEL DEXTER HOUSE 

HOME OF SAMUEL DEXTER , SECRETARY Of 
WAR , SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY UNDER 
PRESIDENT JOHN AAAMS. "l HAVE LOST 
THE ABLEST FRIEND I HAD ON EARTH- 

.JOHN ADAM.3. 



G.A.R. 
BUILDING 
GREEN 
STREET 



PEARL STREET 

OPPOSITE 

WARREN 

SCHOOL 



OLIVER HOLDEN HOUSE 

HERE LtVED THE SWEET SINGER, OtrVER 
HOLDEN, COMPOSER OP THE TDNES.tORONAnOlT 
'^BING FOBTH THE ROYAL D[ADEm"aND 'cROWN 
HIM LORD OP ALL" HERE ALSO LIVED TBOMAS 
DOAME. 



JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY HOUSE 

HERE DVYELT JOHN BOYI.E CREIILY. POET, 
PATRIOT ORATOR. 'EACH HEART HOLDS THE 
SECRET, KINDNESS IS THE WORD" 



34 
rVINTHROP 

STREET 



MAIN, NEAR 

HENLEY 

STREET 



RICHARD SPRAGUE HOUSE 

NEAR THIS SITE DWELT RICHARD SPRAOUS 
WHO WITH HIS BROTHERS, RALPH AND 
WILLIAM , FIRST SETTLED IN CHARLESTOWN. 
16 2.9. 



GEN. DEVENS HOUSE 

HERE WAS BORN CEK. CHARLES DE'XTENS , ATTORNEY 
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE 
OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



90 

UNION 
STREET 



CHARLESrOJVN 



NATHANIEL GORHAM HOUSE 

ON THIS SITE WAS BORN NATHANIEL CORHAM. 
PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 
SIGNER OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 



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^ SirE OF 
^ SfVALLOfV'S 
f BRICK STORE 



WINTHROP 
SOUARE 



TRAINING FIELD 

THE "training FIEU)" 
OF COLON lAJL BAVS 



HARVARD 
STREET 



EDWARD EVERETT HOUSE 

HERE DWELT EDWARD EVERETT, MEMBER OF 
CONGRESS 1835-35, GOVERNOR 1836-40, 
MINISTER TO ENC LAND 1841- 1843, SECB£IAKV 
OF STATE IS52, UNITED STATES SENATOR iaS3-ia34 



JOHN HARVARD MONUMENT 

DoHN harvard: he wnx teach that one 

DISINTERESTED DEED OF HOPE AND FAITH 
MAY CROWN A BRIEF AND BROKEN LIFE 
WITH DEATHLESS FAME— PRESIDENT ELIOT, 



OLD BURTING-GROUND 
PHIPPS STREET, CORNER MAIN 



NUMBER 

201 



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HERE WAS BORN 

SAMUEL FINLAY BKEESE MORSE 

27 APRIL. 1791. 

INVENTOR OF THE 

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH 



MAIN 
STREET 



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